Thirty years ago, Nick Ward was left for dead on a stricken yacht during the storm-lashed Fastnet Race. Neil Tweedie joins him as he returns for the first time to the scene of his nightmare. It is ...

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To start the legendary Fastnet Race is a massive achievement for any sailor. For Nick Ward - one of the survivors of the disastrous 1979 race - it is so much more. Thirty years ago, he lived through ...

Jim Sheridan is to write and direct The Great Storm, the story of the 1979 Fastnet Yacht Race tragedy off the south coast of Ireland in which 18 people lost their lives. IFTN reports that the film ...

FILM director Jim Sheridan is set to write and direct a new film based on a famous yacht race tragedy. The Great Storm will focus on the 1979 Fastnet Yacht Race tragedy, and survivor Nick Ward's ...

Thirty years after the Fastnet yacht race that claimed 15 lives, survivors and seamen talk about sailing through the horrendous storm, with waves wrecking lifeboats as well as yachts IT LIES JUST off ...

The Fastnet Challenge Cup is one of the most demanding courses in offshore racing. Crews in the biennial event are frequently faced with bad weather, but 30 years ago the fleet sailed into one of the ...